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A FERTILITY expert has been arrested following an allegation that he treated his private patients with sperm belonging to the NHS. Gordon Masson, 58, head of the private Wessex Fertility Clinic in Southampton, is also accused of charging NHS patients between £25 and £100 as an “administration fee”, and of using NHS equipment to treat private patients.

Women’s prison under fire over drugs

A WOMEN’S prison in Cheshire has been criticised for failing to look after inmates who have drug problems. Anne Owers, the chief inspector of prisons, said more must be done at Styal prison in Wilmslow to ensure the safety of vulnerable inmates. She said that a methadone programme set up after six women killed themselves in one year was still inadequate. Owers also expressed concerns at the “high level of use of force” with inmates too often put in isolation cells, sometimes